As a user of Emacs for about 18 years, the answer is absolutely. In recent years, since 23.0, it feels as if Emacs has improved a great deal. This is largely

As a user of Emacs for about 18 years, the answer is absolutely. In recent years, since 23.0, it feels as if Emacs has improved a great deal. This is largely due to the introduction of package.el (extension / package management.) To put it in slightly more dramatic terms, it's revolutionized it.